MARK KNOPFLER
Sailing to Philadelphia
Текст песни Sands of Nevada

Sands of Nevada

These tables are hauntedBy the ghost of las vegasTheir chips were once mountainsBut they came here to playThey could take me if they wantedBut I have nothing worth countingAnd like the sands of nevadaThey go drifting away

Lady luck's still a mysteryWith her head on my shoulderAnd I don't know whyI still want her to danceI guess that's all historyWhat it is is a I'm olderAnd I'm still a foolFor a one-way romance

Her dice were red rubiesThey rolled and they tumbledAnd I never saw timeRunning out with my rollAnd in the wasteland of cut glassMy dreams were crumbledAnd I've paid with whateverI had left for a soul

Now the dawn's broken evenOn a empty horizonNo reason for foldingNo reason to stayIt's too soon to be leavingToo late for criticisingAnd the sands of nevadaThey go drifting away